A Defence of Poetry and Other Essays

Percy Blysshe Shelley (1792 - 1822) was a major English Romantic poet who was considered to be the greatest lyric poet in the English language. His major works were long visionary poems including, Alastor, The Revolt of Islam, Prometheus Unbound and the unfinished The Triumph of Life. Shelley was a strong advocate for social justice for the 'lower classes'. He witnessed many of the mistreatments occurring in the domestication and slaughtering of animals and he became a fighter for the rights of all living things. This collection contains On Love, On Life in a Future State, On the Punishment of Death Speculations, On Metaphysics Speculations, On Morals on the Literature, the Arts and the Manners of the Athenians, On the Symposium, or Preface to the Banquet of Plato, and A Defence of Poetry.

Author: Percy Bysshe Shelley
Publisher: Book Jungle
Published: 07/01/2009
Pages: 80
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.34lbs
Size: 9.25h x 7.50w x 0.17d
ISBN13: 9781438521770
ISBN10: 1438521774
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | Poetry
- Poetry | General

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